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Annual Discretionary Bonus Program
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Annual Cash Bonus. With respect to each calendar year during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to earn an annual cash bonus. The actual annual bonus will be the product of the target value (the “Target Annual Bonus Amount”) and a factor based on the level of achievement of specified performance measures and goals set by the Compensation Committee (with, subject to the Compensation Committee Charter, input from the Chief Executive Officer) for such calendar year (the “Annual Performance Goals”). The factor is expected to be above 1.0 for above plan performance and below 1.0 if performance is below expectations or corporate goals are not fully met. Performance below a defined threshold level may result in no bonus payment for such measure. For the calendar year 2023 bonus to be paid in 2024, and for each calendar year thereafter, the Target Annual Bonus Amount shall be no less than $1,300,000. The Compensation Committee (with, subject to the Compensation Committee Charter, input from the Chief Executive Officer), in its reasonable judgment and no later than ninety (90) days after the beginning of each calendar year, shall determine the weightings of each performance measure and the threshold, target and maximum for each performance goal, which in aggregate will comprise the “Corporate Scorecard” for that calendar year. Executive’s Annual Performance Goals may be a combination of the “corporate scorecard” and individual contributions of the Executive, and, the weighting thereof, as well as performance versus this criteria, shall be determined by the Compensation Committee (with, subject to the Compensation Committee Charter, input from the Chief Executive Officer), in its reasonable judgment. To the extent that specified performance measures and goals apply to other executives of the Company, the threshold, target and maximum levels associated with such specified performance measures and goals will apply to the Executive in the same manner as they apply to such other executives. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 6, the Executive must be employed on the date on which the annual cash bonus is paid in order to receive payment of any such annual cash bonus pursuant to this [subparagraph 4(b)]. Any annual cash bonus earned pursuant to this [subparagraph 4(b)] shall be paid to the Executive by March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year to which such annual cash bonus relates.

The Plan Administrator shall have the absolute discretion to grant options or stock appreciation rights in accordance with the Discretionary Grant Program, to effect stock issuances and other stock-based awards in accordance with the Stock Issuance Program and to grant incentive bonus awards in accordance with the Incentive Bonus Program.

STIP Bonus.STIP Bonus” means the annual cash bonus paid under the Company’s annual performance bonus program, including any successor or replacement plan or program. A STIP Bonus may be paid under the Target Corporation Executive Officer Cash Incentive Plan, or any successor or replacement plan. STIP Bonus does not include any other type of bonus paid to an Officer, such as a signing or retention bonus.

Cognex Corporation (the “Company”) maintains a performance-based annual bonus program (the “Bonus Program”) for employees (including the Company’s executive officers), other than those employees on a sales commission plan. Each participant in the Bonus Program is assigned a target annual cash bonus. Participants may earn their bonuses based on the achievement of certain financial goals set forth in the Company’s annual budget related to budgeted non-GAAP consolidated operating income as a percentage of revenue (“operating margin”).

Annual Bonus: The amount awarded an Executive under the Company’s annual bonus program, subject to the provisions and limitations contained in [Section 1.1(l)] of the Plan.

Employee shall be promptly paid a lump sum payment equal to one times her current annual base salary plus one times the higher of the most recent annual bonus paid to her under the Annual Incentive Program or her target bonus amount as of the date immediately prior to the change in control under the Annual Incentive Program;

Annual Bonus Amount: For any Participant, the three year average of the annual awards paid to the Participant under the Kimberly-Clark Corporation Executive Officer Achievement Award Program or the Kimberly-Clark Corporation Management Achievement Award Program, as applicable, or any successor or additional plan (the “Bonus Program”). The three year average of the annual awards paid to the Participant will be determined based on the higher of the three year period consisting of either # the year in which the Relevant Date occurred (or, if the bonus is not yet paid as of the Relevant Date, for the preceding year) and the two preceding years or, # the year of the Qualified Termination of Employment (or, if the bonus is not yet paid as of the Qualified Termination of Employment, for the preceding year) and the two preceding years. If a Participant has been paid less than three years of annual awards the Annual Bonus Amount will be determined based on the average dollar amount of the annual awards paid in prior years to the Participant under the Bonus Program. If a Participant has not received any prior payment of annual awards, the Annual Bonus Amount under the Bonus Program will be determined as follows:

Warnke's final award for fiscal-year 2017 under the Company's Management Incentive Compensation Plan (the "MICP") shall be calculated with reference to a target MICP award amount of $290,913, and the terms under which Warnke's award were originally determined pursuant to the MICP are hereby amended accordingly. His discretionary annual bonus for 2017 (payable in 2018) shall be $55,000 (calculated at 50% of Warnke's actual discretionary bonus for 2016, paid in 2017).

The Employee shall be entitled to a discretionary bonus payment for each calendar year that ends during the Employment, with a target annual bonus amount at 55% of the Base Salary paid in such calendar year (the “Annual Bonus”). Whether to grant an Annual Bonus, and in what amount, are determinations to be made in the discretion of the Company based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, achievement of objectives established by the Board (and/or the Compensation Committee thereof (the “Compensation Committee”)) and specific annual objectives for your position set by the Board and/or the Compensation Committee. Since one of the objectives of the Annual Bonus is employee retention, in order to remain eligible and receive any Annual Bonus, you must be employed through the end of the calendar year and still be employed by the Company at the time it makes bonus payments to employees for that year -- generally during the first quarter of the following year.”

You will participate in the annual performance-based cash bonus program. Your new standard bonus opportunity is 50% of your annual base salary. In a typical year, your bonus can range from 0% to 100% of your annual base salary depending on Company and individual performance. For the 2021 performance year, your bonus opportunity will not be prorated, and you will be measured on Masco’s overall performance for the full year. Bonuses are determined after year-end and are normally paid out in February.

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